title: Effects of trigger laser pulse width on the jitter time of GaAs photoconductive semiconductor switch.
abstract: The effects of trigger laser pulse width on the jitter time of a GaAs photoconductive semiconductor switch (PCSS) is investigated in the experiment. The laser is split into two optical beams by a cross grating to excite two 3 mm gap GaAs PCSSs in parallel at the same time. This work reveals that the jitter time of the GaAs PCSS is reduced as the trigger laser pulse width decreases. Our results overcome a significant obstacle that hinders the testing and theory of GaAs PCSSs in high-time-precision synchronous control.
authors.affiliation: Applied Physics Department, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China. swshi@mail.xaut.edu.cn
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Huaimeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gui
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Mengxia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Luyi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang